Brief Life History of Rosanna
When Rosanna Rich was born on 11 December 1847, in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel R Rich, was 29 and her mother, Eveline Kreylich, was 25. She married Hiram C Powell on 23 October 1878, in Kenton, Kentucky, United States. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Wayne Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 24 January 1936, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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- Rosa Powell in household of Hiram C. Powell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Rose Powell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Rosa Rich, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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